Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 34sIn one of my last lectures as an academic I put to the class: 𝙇𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙥. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚’𝙨 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙄𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙥, 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙪𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙁-𝙗𝙤𝙢𝙗. 𝘼𝙢 𝙄 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚? Shock. Horror. 000 0
Reposted by Philip Machanick 🇿🇦Marcus SOBER 5 YEARS @papacitogordo.bsky.social · 15hThe current president of the United States of America is a treasonous traitor. 22926194 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 3mBig strong handsome soldiers is “merit”? Everyone who hangs on every word is clearly as demented as him if not more. 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 7mHere is Hannity trying to softball her way out of it. It did not come across to me as hostile – she screwed it up. Credit where it’s due. Daily Mail is not known to be a conservative outlet? Is there a Daily Mail I haven’t heard of? www.foxnews.com/video/640694...foxnews.comWhite House press secretary Katie Zacharia responds to critics questioning her legal background | Fox News VideoNew White House press secretary Katie Zacharia reflects on her first press briefing and addresses questions about her legal background on ‘Hannity.’ 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 21mI don’t get it. The lettuce has a longer sell-by window. 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 22mWhy am I reminded of this? youtu.be/BHzypHJUMMo?...youtu.beSimpsons S02E15-Call Back and Say The OppositeYouTube video by TheManWith OneRedShoe 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 27mHaving stashed stolen classified documents in the toilet, there’s an element of justice that his ratings are in the toilet. 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 27mEt tu, Fox. CNN couldn’t resist making a meal of Fox’s poll numbers. youtu.be/fIyNMMOaMsw?... 91% of voters under 30 disapprove of Trump on key economic issues like inflation. 9% approve; probably from another planet. Yet Trump is too stupid to realise that he’s toxic for amping up the GOP vote.youtu.be'Absolutely stunning': Enten unpacks Trump's dismal new Fox pollYouTube video by CNN 100 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 36mAlso not embarrassed by Epstein – just trying to cover it up. 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 37mTrying to explain something more complex than that is a bit of a mission. But here you go… understandingwar.org/research/cog...understandingwar.org 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 42mTBF, you could ask whether a pedophile would deliberately kill so many young girls. 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 43mYou don’t even need high school biology to know how pathetically uniformed that is. 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 45mYou could add ill-informed and incompetent gynaecologists. 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 46mI used to be much more of an outlier among scientists than I am now. Some issues that flipped this: 1. HIV denial 2. climate change denial 3. far-right economic damage Even people without a social and human rights inclination who have a logical mindset can be won on such issues. 020 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 46mIn my experience my fellow scientists tend to be pretty conservative – however, that is “conservative” in the traditional sense, not buying into any and all conspiracy theories to protect the corrupt. You may have noticed some lifelong Republicans like Adam Kinzinger are now Democrats. Same thing. 140 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 53mIt is blatantly obvious what bothers anyone with any sense about his conduct. 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 54mThere is one standard recipe for becoming a billionaire: Be corrupt. Very corrupt. There are a few variations and there is a tiny number of exceptions but if you want one explanation, that‘s it. PS: I am not a billionaire. However if anyone would like to test the research on me, let me know. 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 1hThis is exactly the sort of president Ukraine had before the trouble started in 2014. Had Putin won back then, Ukraine would’ve become another Belarus. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...theguardian.com 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 2hI still don’t understand why this is a thing. That he’s the head of government and could interfere is why special prosecutors were created. 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 2hOr children being raped on a massive scale by the rich and powerful. 010 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 2hThis is no doubt 100% legal. And nothing to do with this: www.racetothewh.com/senate/26racetothewh.comPredictions for the Senate - 2026 Midterms - Updated Daily — Race to the WHPredictions for Every 2026 Senate Race by one of the Nation's Most Accurate Forecasters. Projects the Chance Both Parties have of Winning the Majority. Features an Interactive Senate Map. 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 11hIt doesn’t fail as badly as its creator. But: low bar. 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 13hGets a reference here: www.lulu.com/shop/philip-... Not favourable. Want a PDF? Email here: rampageresearch@gmail.comlulu.comWhen Joey met KarlaJoey McManus is your typical computer nerd who has been crushed by a bad relationship, the first real girlfriend he (thought) he ever had. Then he runs into Karla Henry, physics genius finishing a PhD... 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 13hYou win. And I don’t mean compared with that loser. 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 13hI put some of what I learned into this: www.lulu.com/shop/philip-... Happy to send a free PDF to anyone who’s interested: drop an email to rampageresearch@gmail.comlulu.comWhen Joey met KarlaJoey McManus is your typical computer nerd who has been crushed by a bad relationship, the first real girlfriend he (thought) he ever had. Then he runs into Karla Henry, physics genius finishing a PhD... 010 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 13hYou can find my name here: www.ru.ac.za/media/rhodes...ru.ac.za 110 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 13hMuch more appealing sight than Katie Zacharia. 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 13hI hear there’s a lawyer called Katie Zacharia who’s looking for work. 281 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 13hAnd… Epstein.  What was that about distraction? 010 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 13hNot quite up there with South Africa’s 4-day finance minister. www.news24.com/southafrica/...news24.comTIMELINE: How South Africa got three finance ministers in four days | News24The position of finance minister has controversially passed through three pairs of hands over the space of four days. Here is a timeline of how those few days, that left the economy reeling, played out: 040 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 13hThe rats for once are swarming onto the sinking ship. 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 14hBombing Russian data centres is not just about killing bots. It’s highly effective economic sabotage as Putin has forced Russian services to centralise under his control. www.ft.com/content/dc21...ft.comHow Ukraine’s data centre strikes have thrown Russia into turmoilKyiv’s attacks expose vulnerabilities of Kremlin effort to centralise internet services under one company 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 16/10/2026CEOs are substitutable by AI. The rest of us not so much. 000 0
Philip Machanick 🇿🇦 @philip-mach.bsky.social · 16/10/2026The apartheid regime took a similar view of “terrorism” – anything that they found threatening even if it was nonviolent or only targeted symbols of oppression. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...ohchr.orgUN experts urge United Kingdom not to misuse terrorism laws against protest group Palestine ActionGENEVA – UN experts* today urged the United Kingdom not to ban the “direct action” group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000.“We are concerned at the unjustified ... 043 0